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I was on another website discussing Humanism, and someone posted this:A moral question I'd like to ask humanists (who I think are really just in-the-closet Christians). If you start with the axiom…Continue

I found the link to Atheist Nexus in the back of Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe. I checked out the forums, and this seemed like the place for me, so hello!I guess…Continue

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"Dr. Marc,
The approx. 7x10^9 of us (the "Inferior Animals" projected to reach 9x10^9 by 2050) suggest we're doing OK at staying alive so far. What proof are you suggesting? Certainly the Earth still outweighs us, but in terms of…"

"As usual, I'm late to this party. Nevertheless . . .
I suggest the best solution to the lifeboat problem is for the person who has the power or authority to decide the order of boarding ( "the Captain" )to…"

"I am fine with who ever gets to the boats first. I would attempt to have my children first and then my wife. After that I will get in if there is room. No one will look after my children the same way that I will, and I think the ideal of sacrifice…"

"There is no possible way to prove which of these three options is the most morally correct with the information supplied. I would go further and say there is no way to prove any of the infinite number of possible answers is able to be proven more…"

"First, this guy is obviously a Christian who doesn't really understand what Christianity and Humanism stand for.
Men and women most clearly do not have the same reproductive value. In the time it takes a woman to produce a child a man can…"

"Wow. He's asking you who you would allow to die and there is no good answer, only degrees of bad answers.
First I'm curious what the out-of-the-closet asshole would do... pray, I guess.
For me, take those most likely to help the others…"

"I have to admit these answers really cracked me up, whether your arguments about reproductive or biological value were meant to be funny or not – I hope they were tongue-in-cheek.
Let’s face it, no one would ever make such arguments and…"

"Hi Tom,
I just recently joined as well. It took me over 30 years to come to my senses and consider myself an atheist but it was worth the wait! I'm glad you made your choice early and don't have to suffer so much the guilt and confusion us…"

"(for all intensive purposes) giggles... for all intents and purposes...
on Chivalry.... Chivalry has very little to do with why to put women and children on a lifeboat, it has all to do with continuance of human lineage. And the male/female ratio…"